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Got Unbalanced Formations In Your Offense?

Got Unbalanced Formations In Your Offense?

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jun 26, 2023

Smart offensive coordinators are venturing outside your comfort zone and including unbalanced formations in your training camp installs. ...

Know Your Pop Warner Roster…Now!

Know Your Pop Warner Roster…Now!

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jun 25, 2023

If you start coaching your youth football team without looking at your Pop Warner roster...You are already in a lot of trouble....

Pop Warner Youth Football Split Backs Formation

Pop Warner Youth Football Split Backs Formation

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jun 23, 2023

The FirstDown PlayBook youth football Split Backs formation might be just what your Pop Warner offense needs if you have 2 speedy backs. ...

Yes 6v6 Flag Football Too…

Yes 6v6 Flag Football Too…

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jun 22, 2023

Today we are featuring a 6v6 flag football man beater out of Bunch formation. We also give you a 60 second video on understanding coverages....

Helping Your Small Pop Warner Corner

Helping Your Small Pop Warner Corner

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jun 20, 2023

Most of you line your smallest player up as your Pop Warner Corner. You tell them to contain the ball. This is when vertical seams show up. ...

7on7 Seam Ball: Y-China F-Seam

7on7 Seam Ball: Y-China F-Seam

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jun 19, 2023

Don't be afraid to line up with two backs in the backfield this 7on7 season if that is what you plan to do this fall....

We Block Run Plays Vs Multiple Defenses

We Block Run Plays Vs Multiple Defenses

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jun 18, 2023

The fact that we block run plays up vs ten different defensive looks is proof positive that we go the extra mile for football coaches....

Get To Know Your Youth Football Parents

Get To Know Your Youth Football Parents

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jun 17, 2023

If you coach a Pop Warner or NFL Flag football team you are going to be communicating with and dealing with youth football parents....

NFL Flag Trips Formation Rattlesnake Reverse

NFL Flag Trips Formation Rattlesnake Reverse

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jun 15, 2023

This NFL Flag Trips formation adds a little deception to your flag football offense by overloading one side or the other. ...

Take The Top Off Your Curl Flat Concept

Take The Top Off Your Curl Flat Concept

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jun 14, 2023

The curl flat concept is almost as old as football itself. At least since the days when they started throwing it...

3 Reasons For a Youth Football Quarterback Boot

3 Reasons For a Youth Football Quarterback Boot

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jun 13, 2023

Here are 3 reasons that FirstDown PlayBook thinks a youth football quarterback boot should be on every Pop Warner coach's call sheet....

Difference in 4-2-5 Defense & 4-3?

Difference in 4-2-5 Defense & 4-3?

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jun 12, 2023

Way too much is made of the difference in a 4-2-5 and a 4-3 defense. It mostly comes from internet coaches who don't have a football base....